Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (F)

F/F& FA FB FC FD FE FF FG FH FI FJ FK FL FM FN FO FP FQ FR FS FT FU FV FW FX FY FZ

FD

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on
F D	1784	Teapot
Frances Douglas	1837..1856 (registered Feb 1838)	Box, inkwell, spoon, vanity set jar tops
Frances Douglas	1865 (registered Jul 1843)	Box, inkwell, spoon, vanity set jar tops
Frederick Dear	1839 (registered Jan 1839)	Teapot
Francis David Dexter	1840..1843 (registered Sep 1839)	Decanter label, mug, teapot
F D	1928..1950	Conducter's baton, umbrella handle
F Darton & Co	1908	Hygrometer case
Frederick Dendy Wray	1900..1915 (registered May 1900)	Ecclesiastical silver: bottle stopper, chalice, communion spoon, crucifix, paten, pyx box

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FE

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
	Elkington & Co (Frederick Elkington)	1870..1885 (registered May 1869)	Goblet, ladle, salt, salver, tea & coffee service, tray, trophy cup	Newhall Street, Birmingham
	Frederick Edmonds	1892..1895 (registered Mar 1892)	Box, paper knife, ruler
	Frank Erratt	1896 (registered Jun 1880)	Fob medal
	F E	1973	Candlestick
	Frederick Edmonds & Edward J W Johnson	1890..1891 (registered Mar 1890)	Caddy spoon, jar lid, vesta
	F E G	1945..1946	Napkin ring
(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)	F E K	1949	Caddy spoon

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FF

Mark

Maker

Dates seen

Seen on

Comments

Fleming Forester

1791
(registered Mar 1772)

Basket

Frederick Fox

1852
(registered Aug 1852)

Spoon

Frederick Francis

1853
(registered Jun 1852)

Box, communion set, salt

In business on his own from 1852 to 1854 (see THF over FF)

Frank Finley Clarkson

1915, 1942..1944
(registered Nov 1902)

Box, lighter, napkin ring, spoon

Market Place, Northallerton, Yorkshire

Stamped [1915] "G F Clarkson, Northallerton"

1937..1952

F F K

1949

Caddy spoon

Waltham Watch Company (Frederick Francis Seeland)

(registered Nov 1875)

Waltham Buildings, Holborn Circus, London

Seeland was the Assistant Manager of the Waltham Watch Co. This mark registered before the AB mark of Alfred Bedford (q.v.).

A similar mark, but with no stops, registered Dec 1875:
FFS

Frankfeld Frères (Louis Frankfeld)

1917
(registered Feb 1907)

Imported watch case

Gold & silver case importers, Gracechurch Street, London

Fenton Brothers (Frank Fenton & Samuel Fenton)

(registered Nov 1883)

South Moor Works, Earl Street, Sheffield

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FG

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
Francis Garthorne (1722)
Francis Godwin	1897	Buckle (registered Apr 1897)
F G	1933..1934	Box
F G F	1930..1933	Sauce boat
Greenwood & Harris Ltd	1949..1950	Candlestick, chalice	Church metalworkers, Acton Lane, Chiswick, London W4 Greenwood & Harris Ltd appear in telephone directories 1948-1951 only

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FH

Mark	Maker	Dates seen	Seen on	Comments
(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)	Francis Harache	c1738 (registered Feb 1738)	Box, tongs
	Francis Harache	c1740	Box, tongs	This mark is not shown by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives, Faber & Faber, 1990 but is almost certainly the mark which Harache would have entered in the now missing 1739-1758 Smallworkers' Register
	Frederick Hawsell	1818 (registered Jan 1816)	Travelling inkwell	Goldworker, Clements Lane, Lombard Street, London
	Francis Higgins II	1817..1871 (registered Oct 1817)	Flatware
		1820..1830
		1870..1879 (registered Oct 1869)
	The Portland Co (Francis Higgins III)	1859..1862 (registered Aug 1859)	Flatware
	Francis Higgins III	1879..1909, 1936..1939 (registered May 1880)	Flatware, purse	The later marks probably Francis Higgins & Sons Ltd
	Frederick Holberg	1896 (registered Sep 1898)	Imported spoon
(image courtesy of Mark Ashcroft)	Hewson & Williams (Frederick Hewson)	1898 (registered Jun 1886)	Cigar rest & ash tray
	Frederick Highland	1907 (registered Aug 1899)	Buckle
	Frederick William Hentsch	1913..1927 (registered Jul 1911)	Box, clock, frame	Similar marks registered by: Frederick Hewson, smallworker (Jun 1886) Frederick Haberling, smallworker (Mar 1887)
	Frances Charlotte Harling	1926..1963	Bowl, box, spoon	A similar mark, but with 2 stops, registered May 1911 by Fernand Hauville, "manufacturer's agent", St Mary Axe, London EC: Frances Harling (née Wilkins, died 1969) was the younger sister of Amy Sandheim
	F H	1977	Ingot pendant
	Francis Howard Ltd	2006..2012	Frame, novelty back scratcher	Trafalgar Street, Sheffield
	Francis Higgins & Son Ltd	1910..1934 (registered Jul 1909)	Bowl, flatware, grape scissors, trophy cup
	Hennell, Frazer & Haws (1966..1969)
	Hennell, Frazer & Haws (1978..1990)
	Frank Hyams Ltd	1905 (registered May 1903)	New Zealand jade-handled fork	Princes Street, Dunedin, NZ & Bond Street, London
	F H Ltd	1946	Cigarette case
	Frank Herbert Pearce	1897 (registered Oct 1892)	Brief case mount	Cabinet case & leather goods manufacturer, Eldon Street, Sheffield
	F H R	1973	Goblet
	Frederick Henry Weare	1899 (registered Apr 1880)	Letter opener

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FI

Maker	Dates seen	Seen on
F I	1986	Candle holder
F I	1987..1998	Buckle, buttonhole holder
Fattorini & Sons Ltd (1911)

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